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TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1984

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.

DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $2 983 MILLION OR 115 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $1 361 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THE IR WASTES (BY $570 MILLION OR 262 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $280 MILLION OR 152 PER CENT), AND LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $134 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1208 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT), AND TEXTILES (BY $961 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $20 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), AND FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATION THEREOF (BY $16 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $834 MILLION OR 81 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $360 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), AND TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THE IR WASTES (BY $314 MILLION OR 288 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $339 MILLION OR 95 PER CENT), AND PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, UNWORKED OR WORKED (BY $41 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $39 MILLION OR 90 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $71 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT). HOWEVER,

IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TA IWAN INCREASED (BY $772 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT), AS DID IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $468 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT).

TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY SECTIONS.

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $4 889 MILLION OR 144 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $1 898 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $851 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $793 MILLION OR 76 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $501 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $270 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (BY $248 MILLION OR 83 PER CENT) AND MACAU (BY $236 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO NIGERIA (BY $237 MILLION OR 76 PER CENT) AND INDONESIA (BY $155 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 5.

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